Table 2.
Body weights at hatching, 8, 20 and 40 wks in the 5 Korean native chicken breeds

Breeds Hatching 8 wks 20 wks 40 wks
Kor. Rhode Island Red 40.3±2.5ab 39.7±3.1b 633.0±123.0c 628.9±75.8b 2,091.5±192.2b 1,773.2±148.0b 2,841.3±232.7b 2,099.1±178.2b
Kor. White Leghorn 38.8±3.0bc 38.7±3.2b 667.8±88.1bc 554.4±67.4c 1,621.2±169.0d 1,465.9±126.1d 2,092.1±126.2c 1,713.4±148.2d
Kor. Ogye 35.6±2.6d 34.2±2.3c 645.5±74.4bc 566.6±70.6c 1,752.0±151.8cd 1,453.1±183.9d 2,171.9±158.4c 1,779.9±186.3d
Kor. Brown Cornish 42.1±3.2a 41.4±2.4a 1,523.2±132.6a 1,323.5±176.4a 3,749.6±338.8a 2,888.5±208.6a 4,565.3±424.4a 3,348.0±372.9a
Hwanggalsaek Jaeraejong 37.1±2.5cd 35.4±3.0c 712.9±83.0b 585.1±114.0bc 1,859.7±187.1c 1,600.0±209.0c 2,244.4±178.5c 1,915.2±216.9c
Means 38.9±3.6 38.1±3.9 872.8±383.3 750.6±325.3 2,335.0±866.2 1,884.8±571.4 2,773.0±931.2 2,218.2±642.4